Assembly Bill A8547

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing currently registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to provide emergency medical services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8547 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4384
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3033, amd §3013, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3882

2017-A8547 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing currently registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to provide volunteer emergency medical services for ambulance services and advanced life support first response services alongside emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.

2017-A8547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8547
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  allowing  regis-
   tered  nurses and licensed practical nurses to provide volunteer emer-
   gency medical services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 3033 to read as follows:
   § 3033. REGISTERED NURSES OR LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSES  VOLUNTEERING
 EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES.  CURRENTLY  REGISTERED  NURSES OR LICENSED
 PRACTICAL NURSES SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE  VOLUNTEER  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 SERVICES FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE
 SERVICES  ALONGSIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPLETE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNI-
 CIAN TRAINING, EXAMINATION, OR A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 3013 of the  public  health  law,
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 1993 and subdivi-
 sion  4  as  amended  by chapter 804 of the laws of 1992, are amended to
 read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general,  special
 or  local  law, a voluntary ambulance service or voluntary advanced life
 support first response service described in section three  thousand  one
 of  this article and any member thereof who is a certified first respon-
 der, an emergency medical  technician,  an  advanced  emergency  medical
 technician,  A REGISTERED NURSE OR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, or a person
 acting under the direction of  an  emergency  medical  technician  [or],
 advanced emergency medical technician, OR A REGISTERED NURSE OR LICENSED
 PRACTICAL  NURSE,  and  who  voluntarily  and without the expectation of
 monetary compensation renders medical assistance in an  emergency  to  a
 person  who  is  unconscious,  ill  or  injured  shall not be liable for
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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